LOUISVILLE, Ky., March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The
chief executive officer of Kentucky's all-new, nonprofit health insurance
carrier, Kentucky Health Cooperative, Inc., Janie Miller, has been elected vice chair of the
board of directors of the National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs
(NASHCO). Miller was elected Feb. 24
at NASHCO's annual meeting in Washington,
DC. She succeeds Dr. Martin
Hickey, CEO of New Mexico Health Connections. Hickey was
elected chair of the board at the NASHCO gathering.
http://mynmhc.org/
Miller, chief executive officer since 2012 of Kentucky Health
Cooperative, Inc., a 501(c) 29 organization headquartered in
Louisville, is a recognized healthcare leader. She was appointed in
2008 by Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear to serve as Secretary of
the Cabinet for Health and Family Services. During her 4-year
tenure as Secretary, Miller was also designated by Governor Beshear
to lead health reform relative to the Patient Protection and
Affordable Care Act and helped architect the Commonwealth's
healthcare policy.
The Kentucky House of
Representatives honored Miller in 2012 with a resolution
recognizing her public service contributions, which also include
stints as the Budget Director for the Kentucky General Assembly,
the Kentucky Insurance Commissioner and the Secretary of the Public
Protection and Regulation Cabinet.
She is a former Director of Operations for a regional Health
Maintenance Organization based in central Kentucky and has worked for two large
nonprofit hospital systems in Kentucky.
A graduate of Eastern Kentucky
University, Miller was inducted in 2002 into its Hall of
Distinguished Alumni. She currently serves on the university's
Board of Regents. She continues to be focused on improving
healthcare for all Kentuckians.
Kentucky Health Cooperative
Kentucky Health
Cooperative, based in Louisville,
is dedicated to improving health outcomes by providing
member-focused, accessible, cost-effective and quality-focused
health care coverage to individuals and small groups living in the
Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky
Health Cooperative was identified by the U.S. Department of Health
and Human Services (HHS) to receive loans to create and operate a
Consumer Oriented and Operated Plan, or CO-OP. CO-OPs are nonprofit
health insurance companies that will be member-governed in 2015.
Kentucky Health Cooperative gained approval in March 2013 from the Kentucky Department of
Insurance to operate as an insurer in the Commonwealth. Kentucky
Health Cooperative began offering health plan benefits on
Jan. 1, 2014.
More information: www.mykyhc.org or on Facebook.
NASHCO
The National Alliance of State Health CO-OPs
(NASHCO) is the trade association for the non-profit health
insurance CO-OP industry. Itself a nonprofit corporation, NASHCO
was initially formed by volunteers after the passage of the
Affordable Care Act, and was designed to promote the development
and success of health insurance CO-OPs. Once several CO-OPs were
approved by the federal government, they decided to adopt NASHCO as
their association. All health insurance CO-OPs that have signed
loan agreements with the Department of Health and Human Services
are currently members and directors of NASHCO. NASHCO is helping to
facilitate a new way of accessing care using the cooperative
governance model. In the last two years, NASHCO has hosted multiple
conferences to bring together those interested in the innovations
and member governance models of CO-OPs, including health care
policy experts, administration officials and congressional staff,
health care industry professionals, and employer groups and
consumer advocates.
Contact:
Susan Dunlap
Kentucky Health Cooperative
(502) 498-5539
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